Device for cleaning capsules.



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APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1906. RENEWED MAR. 21, 190B.

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PATENTED APR. 28, 1908. I

JOSEPH PERCY REMINGTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR CLEANING CAPSULES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 28, 1908.

Application filed Kay 1a, 1906, Serial No. 317,513. Renewed much 21,1908. Serial mi. 422,490.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOSEPH PERCY REM- INGTON, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at No. 1832 Pine street, in the city ofPhiladelphia, State of *Pennsylvania, have invented .certain new anduseful Improvements in Devices for Cleaning Capsnles, whereof thefollowing-is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to makev and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a device for cleani135 capsules whereby a largemunber of caps es may be quickly and easily cleaned by friction withsome suitable cleansing material, while at the same time the deviceitself is of such simple construction that it may bereadily taken apartfor charging and re-eharging', and each part separately and thoroughlycleansed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure I is a view in vertical sectionthrough my device, showing the capsules and cleansing material in theirrespective places, and Fig. II isa plan view of the bottom of one of thereceptacles forming part of the device.

A represents a cup-shaped receptacle preferab y cylindrical havinga-bead B on its outer circumference near its base. C is a similarlyshaped receptacle having a similar bead I, on its outer circumferencenear its base. Receptacle C has a slightly smaller diameter'than themouth of the receptacle A, and is adapted to fit securely therein, sothat the bead I rests on the mouth of the receptacle A. The base D ofthe receptacle C is formed of sheet metal having the perforations E E,such 'erforations being sufiiciently large to enabila the cleansingmaterial to pass readily through them, yet smaller than the diameter ofthe capsules so as to prevent their passage from one receptacle to theother.

The receptacle O is provided with a beadedclose fitting top F which isremovable therefrom. G. represents the cleansing material contained inthe receptacle A, and H the capsules contained in receptacle C.

The operation of the device is as follows In the receptacle Ais placed adesired uan tity of suitable cleansing material, sue as I sand or sugar.The capsules to be cleaned are placed in the rece tacle O, which is thenclosed'by the lid F. T e receptacle C is fitted into the receptacle Awith the bead resting on 5 5 the mouth 0 said receptacle. The device isthen inverted and the cleaning material enters the receptacle 0 throughthe perforations E E. The device is then shaken briskly and the frictionof the cleansing material quickly frees the surface of the capsules fromany impurities thereon. The device is then restored to its originalposition whereupon the cleansing material returns to the receptacle Athrough the perforations E E," and the cleaned capsules may be easilyremoved from the receptacle 0.

The construction above described is not only simple and economical tomanufacture,

but is readily cleansed. The materials employed in the manufacture ofcapsules are oftensticky or highly colored, so that in or der to preventa different batch from being contaminated by the residuum left from thecleaning of the preceding one, it is absolutely necessary that all partsof the apparatus should be accessible, and as free as possible frominterstices, in which such material is liable to be retained.

- It will be noted that both the receptacle A, and the cover, as 'wellas the receptacle O, afiord complete access for cleaning purposes, andthat the perforated sheet metal bottom of the receptacle has nointerstices which render cleaning difficult.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A capsule cleaner, comprising a cylindrical receptacle, a secondcylindrical receptacle, having adapted to fit the month of said firstreceptacle, and a cover for said second receptacle,

said three elements being separably removable; substantially asdescribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed 95 my name at Philadelphia,State of Pennsylvania, this seventh day of May, A. D., 1906.

JOSEPH PERCY REMINGTON.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. BELL, H. L. TAGGART.

a perforated sheet metal bottom

